Simone Silvestri – Curriculum Vitae
Employment History
2021 - Present Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies Department of Computer Science
University of Kentucky
2017 - 2021 Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science University of Kentucky
2014 - 2017 Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Missouri University of Science and Technology
2012 - 2014 Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pennsylvania State University
2010 - 2012 Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Computer Science Sapienza University of Rome
Education
2010 Ph.D. in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2006 Laurea cum Laude in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Sapienza University, Italy
Summary of achievements
Publication summary
- 30+ publications in international journals, including: IEEE Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks.
- 50+ publications international conferences, including: IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICDCS and IEEE ICNP.
Grants summary
- More than $5,000,000 in federal grants, with a personal share higher than $2,000,000.
- Funding sources include NSF, NIFA, NATO and DTRA.
- NSF CAREER award, 2020
Research Interests
Cyber-Physical-Human Systems, Internet of Things, Smart Grid Security, Terrestrial and Aerial Mobile Net- works, Network Management.
Research grants
PI - NSF CNS
"DCL EPSCOR: CISE Large: Distributed Edge Intelligence in Support of Next-Generation Applications"
Amount Awarded: $100,000
PI @ UK - National Security Agency (subcontract Univ. of Louisville)
“NCAE-C Cybersecurity Workforce Innovation Coalition".
Amount awarded: $24,000 (Apr. 2024 - Jun. 2025).
Co-PI - NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Award # 2020-07265
“Sustainable Precision Dairy Farming: Bridging Animal Welfare and Stakeholder Concerns about the use of Precision Dairy Technologies”.
Amount awarded: $999,506 (Jan. 2021 - May 2025).
PI @ UK - NSF Smart and Connected Communities - Award # 1952045
“Smart Integrated Farm Network for Rural Agricultural Communities (SIRAC)”.
Amount awarded: $1,515,830 - including REU supplements for $16,000 (Oct. 2020 - Sept. 2023).
PI - NSF CAREER award - Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) - Award # 1943035
“Energy Management for Smart Residential Environments through Human-in-the-loop Algorithm Design”. Amount awarded: $560,987 - including REU supplements for $44,000 (Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2025).
PI - NSF Energy, Power, Control, and Networks - Award # 1936131
“Crosslayer Optimization of Energy and Cost through Unified Modeling of User Behavior and Storage in Multiple Buildings”.
Amount awarded: $364,340 - including REU supplements for $31,000 (Sept. 2019 - Aug. 2022).
PI - NIFA - as part of NSF Cyber-Physical Systems - Award # 2017-67008-26145
“Integration of Social Behavioral Modeling for Smart Environments to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Smart Cities”. Amount awarded: $802,981 (Feb. 2017 - Feb. 2021).
PI - NSF EPSCoR funded Missouri Transect - Award #1355406
“Autonomous Monitoring of Large Scale Agricultural Plants Through Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”. Amount awarded: $71,055 (Aug. 2015 - Jul. 2019).
Co-PI - NSF Cyber-Physical Systems - Award #1545037
“Securing Smart Grid by Understanding Communications Infrastructure Dependencies”. Amount awarded: $310,476 (Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2020).
Co-Director - NATO Science For Peace and Security - Award # SPS G4936
“Hybrid sensor networks for emergency critical scenarios”. Total amount awarded e400,000 (Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2019).
PI - Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), subcontract Pennsylvania State University
“Analysis and recovery of large-scale failures in interdependent networks”. Amount awarded: $162,540 (Nov. 2014 - May. 2016).
List of publications
Book Chapters
[1] S. Silvestri, B. Holbert, P. Novotny, T. La Porta, A. Wolf and A. Swami.
Inferring Network Topologies in MANETs: Application to Service Redeployment
in Advances in Computer Communications and Networks - from green, mobile, pervasive networking to big data computing, River Publisher, December 2016, ISBN: 9788793379879.
Journals
[36] A. K. Singh, B. J. BalabayglooBehzad, B. BekeeBarituka, S. W. Blair, S. Fey, F. Fotouhi, A. Gupta, A. Jha, J. C. Martinez-Palomares, K. Menke, A. Prestholt, V. K. Tanwar, X. Tao, A. Vangala, M. E. Carroll, S. K. Das, G. DePaula, P. Kyveryga, S. Sarkar, M. Segovia, S. Silvestri, C. Valdivia. Smart connected farms and networked farmers to improve crop production, sustainability and profitability Frontiers in Agronomy, Vol. 6, 2024.
[35] E. Casella, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker, S. K. Das. A Human-Centered Power Conservation Framework based on Reverse Auction Theory and Machine Learning ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, (to appear).
[34] X. Tao, D. Monaco, A. Sacco, S. Silvestri, G. Marchetto. Delay-Aware Routing in Software-Defined Networks via Network Tomography and Reinforcement Learning IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, (to appear).
[33] E. Casella, M. Cantor, S. Silvestri, D. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa. A Machine Learning and Optimization Framework for the Early Diagnosis of Bovine Respiratory Disease IEEE Access, Vol. 11, 2023.
[32] A. Timilsina, S. Silvestri. P2P Energy Trading through Prospect Theory, Differential Evolution, and Reinforcement Learning ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization, Special Issue on Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2023.
[31] M. Cantor, E. Casella, S. Silvestri, D. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa. Using machine learning and behavioral patterns observed by automated feeders and accelerometers for the early indication of clinical Bovine Respiratory Disease status in preweaned dairy calves Frontiers in Animal Science, July 2022
[30] J. Codispoti, A. R. Khamesi, N. Penn, S. Silvestri, E. Shin. Learning from Non-Experts: An Interactive and Adaptive Learning Approach for Appliance Recognition in Smart Homes, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2022.
[29] F. B. Sorbelli, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. Measurement Errors in Range-based Localization Algorithms for UAVs: Analysis and Experimentation IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 21, Issue 4, 2022.
[28] A. Timilsina, A. R. Khamesi, V. Agate, S. Silvestri. A Reinforcement Learning Approach for User Preference-aware Energy Sharing Systems in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2021. Special Issue on Green Internet of Things: Challenges and Future Opportunities.
[27] S. Bhattacharjee, V. P. K. Madhavarapu, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. Attack Context Embedded Data Driven Trust Diagnostics in Smart Metering Infrastructure ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, Vol. 24, Issue 2, 2021.
[26] K. Hazra, V. K. Shah, M. Bilal, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, S. Nandi, S. Saha. Designing Efficient Communication Infrastructure in Post-disaster Situations with Limited Availability of Network Resources, in Elsevier Computer Communication Journal (COMCOM), Vol. 164, 2020.
[25] E. Casella, A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri. A Framework for the Recognition of Horse Gaits Through Wearable Devices Esevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on Mobile and Social Sensing, Vol. 67, 2020
[24] V. K. Shah, S. Silvestri, S. Bhattacharjee, S. K. Das. A Diverse Band-Aware Dynamic Spectrum Access Network Architecture for Delay-Tolerant Smart City Applications, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 17, Issue 2, 2020.
[23] A. Sturaro, S. Silvestri, M. Conti, Sajal K. Das. A Realistic Model for Failure Propagation in Interdependent Cyber-Physical Systems in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2020. Special Issue on Network Science for High -Confidence Cyber-Physical Systems.
[22] A. Khamesi, S. Silvestri, D. Baker, A. De Paola. Perceived-Value Driven Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes in ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2020.
[21] E. Casella, M. Ortolani, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. Hierarchical syntactic models for human activity recognition through mobility traces in Springer Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2019.
[20] F. Restuccia, P. Ferrero, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, G. Lo Re. IncentMe: Effective Mechanism Design to Stimulate Crowdsensing Participants with Uncertain Mobility in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 18, Issue 7, 2019.
[19] V. K. Shah, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. Designing Green Communication Systems for Smart & Connected Communities via Dynamic Spectrum Access in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 14, Issue 3-4, 2018.
[18] S. Silvestri, R. Urgaonkar, M. Zafer, B. Ko. A Framework for the Inference of Sensing Measurements based on Correlation in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2018.
[17] F. Restuccia, P. Ferrero, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, , G. Lo Re. FIRST: A Framework for Optimizing Information Quality in Mobile Crowdsensing Systems in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2018.
[16] F. B. Sorbelli, S. K. Das, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri(∗). Range based Algorithms for Precise Localization of Terrestrial Objects using a Drone in Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Vol. 48, 2018.
[15] R. Zhang, S. Newman, M. Ortolani, S. Silvestri. A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 19, Issue 7, 2018. Special issue on Advances in Smart and Green Transportation for Smart Cities
[14] N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta. On critical service recovery after massive network failures in IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 25, Issue 4, 2017.
[13] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta. Autonomous mobile sensor placement in complex environments in ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2017.
[12] S. Silvestri, K. Goss. MobiBar: an autonomous deployment algorithm for barrier coverage with mobile sensors in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 54, pp. 111-129, 2017.
[11] M. Lin, S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, T. La Porta. Selective Activation in Dense Femtocell Networks in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 15, Issue 10, pp. 7018 - 7029, 2016.
[10] S. Ciavarella, J.-Y. Joo, S. Silvestri. Managing Contingencies In Smart Grids Via The Internet Of Things in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 2134-2141, 2016
[9] N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta. On the vulnerabilities of the Voronoi-based approach to mobile sensor deployment in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 15, Issue 12, 2016.
[8] B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta, A. Swami. Network Topology Inference with Partial Path Information in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2015.
[7] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri(∗). On the vulnerabilities of the virtual force approach to mobile sensor deployment in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 13, Issue 11, 2014.
[6] N. Bartolini, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). P&P: an Asynchronous and Distributed Protocol for Mobile Sensor Deployment in Springer Wireless Networks Journal, Vol. 18 Issue 4, page 381, 2012.
[5] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, C. Petrioli, S. Silvestri(∗). Sensor Activation and Radius Adaptation (SARA) in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 8, Issue 3, page 24, 2012.
[4] N.Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri(∗). Autonomous deployment of heterogeneous mobile sensors in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 10, no. 6, page 753, 2011.
[3] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). On adaptive density deployment to mitigate the sink-hole problem in mobile sensor networks in Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 16, Issue 1, page 134, 2011.
[2] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, E. G. Fusco, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). Push&Pull: autonomous deployment of mobile sensors for a complete coverage in Springer Wireless Networks Journal, Vol. 16, no. 3, Page 607, 2010.
[1] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, S. Silvestri(∗). Self-* through self-learning: overload control for distributed web systems in Elsevier Computer Networks, Vol. 53, no. 5, page 727, 2009.
Proceedings of International Conferences
[58] X. Tao, J. Butcher , F. Esposito, S. Silvestri. iCrop: Enabling High-Precision Crop Disease Detection via LoRa Technology in the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2024)
[57] N. Seyedtalebi , S. Silvestri. Human Activity Recognition Using Spectrograms of Binary Motion Sensor Data in the International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT 2024)
[56] X. Tao, E. Damron , S. Silvestri. High-Precision Crop Monitoring Through UAV-Aided Sensor Data Collection in the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2024)
[55] X. Tao, S. Silvestri. Network Tomography and Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Routing in the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2023), short paper
[54] A. Timilsina, S. Silvestri. e-Uber: A Crowdsourcing Platform for Electric Vehicle Ride- and Energy-sharing in the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2023), short paper
[53] R. Alden, A. Timilsina, S. Silvestri, D. Ionel. V2G Optimization for Dispatchable Residential Load Operation and Minimal Utility Cost in the IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC 2023)
[52] A. Timilsina, S. Silvestri. Prospect Theory-inspired Automated P2P Energy Trading with Q-learning-based Dynamic Pricing in the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2022)
[51] E. Casella, E. Sudduth, S. Silvestri. Dissecting the Problem of Individual Home Power Consumption Prediction using Machine Learning in the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2022) - Work in Progress
[50] M. Cantor, E. Casella, S. Silvestri, D. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa. Using machine learning and precision livestock farming technology for early indication of health status in preweaned dairy calves in the European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF 2022)
[49] E. Casella, M. C. Cantor, S. Silvestri, D. L. Renaud, J. H. C. Costa. Cost-aware Inference of Bovine Respiratory Disease in Calves using Precision Livestock Technology in the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2022)
[48] E. Casella, A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker, S. K. Das. HVAC Power Conservation through Reverse Auctions and Machine Learning in the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2022)
[47] A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri. Reverse Auction-based Demand Response Program: A Truthful Mutually Beneficial Mechanism in the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2020)
[46] A. R. Khamesi, R. Musmeci, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker. Reproducibility of Survey Results: A New Method to Quantify Similarity of Human Subject Pools in the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2020)
[45] S. M. Saghaian, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri, P. McDaniel. Improving Robustness of a Popular Probabilistic Clustering Algorithm Against Insider Attacks in the EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm 2020)
[44] E. Shin, A. R. Khamesi, Z. Bahr, S. Silvestri, D. A. Baker. A User-Centered Active Learning Approach for Appliance Recognition in the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2020)
[43] V. Agate, A. Khamesi, S. Gaglio, S. Silvestri. Enabling peer-to-peer User-Preference-Aware Energy Sharing Through Reinforcement Learning in the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2020)
[42] A. Khamesi, E. Shin, S. Silvestri. Machine Learning in the Wild: The Case of User-Centered Learning in Cyber P hysical Systems in the IEEE International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS 2020)
[41] A. Khalifeh, N. Bartolini, S. Silvestri, G. Bongiovanni, A. Al-Assaf, R. Alwardat, S. Alhaj-Ali. Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks: A Prototype in the IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2019)
[40] V. K. Shah, S. Roy, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. Bio-DRN: Robust and Energy-efficient Bio-inspired Disaster Response Networks in the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2019)
[39] E. Casella, A. R. Khamesi, S. Silvestri. Smartwatch Application for Horse Gaits Activity Recognition
in the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2019)
[38] V. K. Shah, S. Silvestri, B. Luciano, S. K. Das. X-CHANT: A Diverse DSA based Architecture for Next-generation Challenged Networks in IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2019) Acceptance rate: 19.7%
[37] K. Hazra, V. K. Shah, M. Bilal, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das, S. Nandi, S. Saha. A Novel Network Architecture for Resource-Constrained Post-Disaster Environments in the IEEE International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS 2019)
[36] V. K. Shah, Satyaki Roy, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. A Web Application for the Remote Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the ACM Workshop on Emergency Response Technologies and Services (Emertes 2019)
[35] R. Musmeci, K. Goss, S. Silvestri, G. Lo Re. A Web Application for the Remote Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2019)
[34] V. K. Shah, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. An Effective Dynamic Spectrum Access based Network Architecture for Smart Cities in the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2018), (invited paper)
[33] V. Dolce, C. Jackson, S. Silvestri, D. Baker, A. De Paola. Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes in the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2018)
[32] F. B. Sorbelli, S. K. Das, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri. On the Accuracy of Localizing Terrestrial Objects Using Drones in the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2018)
[31] F. B. Sorbelli, S. K. Das, C. M. Pinotti, S. Silvestri. Precise Localization in Sparse Sensor Networks using a Drone with Directional Antennas in the ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2018)
[30] V. K. Shah, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Silvestri, S. K. Das. Designing Sustainable Smart Connected Communities using Dynamic Spectrum Access via Band Selection in the ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments (BuildSys 2017)
[29] K. Goss, R. Musmeci, S. Silvestri. Realistic Models for Characterizing the Performance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2017)
[28] S. Silvestri, D. Baker, V. Dolce. Integration of Social Behavioral Modeling for Energy Optimization in Smart Environments in the ACM International Workshop on Social Sensing (SocialSense 2017)
[27] V. Shah, S. Roy, S. Silvestri and S. K. Das. CTR: Cluster based Topological Routing for Disaster Response Network in the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2017)
[26] S. Bhattacharjee, A. Thakur, S. Silvestri and S. K. Das. Statistical Security Incident Forensics against Data Falsification in Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure in ACM Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (CODASPY 2017)
[25] N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta. Network recovery after massive failures in IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2016) Acceptance rate: 20%
[24] S. Silvestri. Providing Ubiquitous Wireless Connectivity in Smart Cities through Dense Small Cell Deployment in IEEE Smart Cities Workshop-Kansas City 2016, position paper
[23] A. Sturaro, S. Silvestri, M. Conti, Sajal K. Das. Towards a realistic model for failure propagation in interdependent networks in IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2016)
[22] M. Lin, S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, T. La Porta. Energy-Efficient Selective Activation in Femtocell Networks in IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2015) Acceptance rate: 26%
[21] S. Silvestri, B. Holbert, P. Novotny, T. La Porta, A. Wolf and A. Swami. Inferring Network Topologies in MANETs Applied to Service Redeployment in IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN 2015) Acceptance rate: 25%
[20] S. Silvestri, R. Urgaonkar, M. Zafer, B. Ko. An online method for minimizing network monitoring overhead in IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2015) Acceptance rate: 12.8%
[19] B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. La Porta, A. Swami. Network Topology Inference with Partial Path Information in IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2015)
[18] S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. He, T. La Porta. Robust Network Tomography in the Presence of Failures in IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2014) Acceptance rate: 13%
[17] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri, F. Vincenti(∗). Voronoi-based Deployment of Mobile Sensors in the Face of Adversaries in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2014)
[16] B. Holber, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, A. Swami, T. La Porta. Effects of Partial Topology on Fault Diagnosis in IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2013)
[15] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri(∗). On the security vulnerabilities of the virtual force approach to mobile sensor deployment in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2013) Acceptance rate: 17.4%
[14] S. Silvestri. MobiBar: Barrier Coverage with Mobile Sensors in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2011) Acceptance rate: 36.6%
[13] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, S. Silvestri(∗). Mobile sensor deployment in unknown fields in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM mini-conferece 2011)
[12] L. Benini, D. Brunelli, C. Petrioli, S. Silvestri(∗). GENESI: Green sEnsor NEtworks for Structural monItoring”, (Poster) in IEEE Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON 2010)
[11] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. La Porta, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). Autonomous deployment of heterogeneous mobile sensors in IEEE Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2009) - Best paper award Acceptance rate: 18.2%
[10] E. Gelenbe, S. Silvestri(∗). Optimisation of Power Consumption in Wired Packet Networks in ICST Workshop on Advanced Architectures and Algorithms for Internet DElivery and Applications (AAA-IDEA 2009)
[9] E. Gelenbe, S. Silvestri(∗). Reducing Power Consumption In Wired Networks in IEEE Sympoium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 09)
[8] N. Bartolini, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). P&P protocol: local coordination of mobile sensors for self-deployment in ACM Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2009) Acceptance rate: 23.5%
[7] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). Variable density deployment and topology control for the solution of the sink-hole problem in ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QShine 2009)
[6] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, E. G. Fusco, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). Autonomous deployment of self-organizing mobile sensors for a complete coverage in IEEE Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems (IWSOS 2008)
[5] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, S. Silvestri(∗). Self-* overload control for distributed web systems in IEEE Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2008) Acceptance rate: 35.6%
[4] N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, E. G. Fusco, A. Massini, S. Silvestri(∗). Snap Spread: a self-deployment algorithm for mobile sensor networks”, (short paper) in IEEE Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2008)
[3] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, S. Silvestri(∗). An autonomic admission control policy for distributed web systems in IEEE/ACM Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2007). Acceptance rate: 33.2%
[2] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, S. Silvestri(∗). Distributed Server Selection and Admission Control in Replicated Web Systems in IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing, (ISPDC 2007)
[1] N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, S. Silvestri(∗). An Adaptive Admission Control Policy for Geographically Distributed Web Systems in ACM Conference on Scalable Information Systems (INFOSCALE 2007)
(*) Authors’ names in alphabetical order.
Invited Seminars and Panels
[2024] "Climbing the Doctoral Mountain: Essential Strategies for a Successful PhD", Keynote talk, International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), Abu Dhabi, UAE
[2024] "Residential Energy Management with Human-in-the-Loop", University of North Dakota
[2023] “ChatGPT for Scientific Writing: Navigating Potentials and Challenges”, IARIA International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications FUTURE COMPUTING 2023, Nice, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
[2023] “Challenges and Opportunities for Machine Learning Applied to Smart Residential Energy Systems” Short Term Training Programme on Machine Learning for IoT Edge Computing, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
[2023] “Writing NSF Proposals for Early Career Faculty”, Proposal Development Office, University of Kentucky
[2022] “Energy Management for Smart Residential Environments through Human-in-the-loop Algorithm Design”, CAREER Panel Member, NSF CPS PI meeting, Alexandria, VA
[2022] “Internet of Agricultural Things: How Computer Science Can Help Next Generation Farming”, IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot, and UAV Networks, Bologna, Italy
[2021] “NSF CAREER Workshop”, Proposal Development Office, University of Kentucky
[2020] “Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: From Human Perception to Computational Problems”, University of Missouri Science and Technology, Computer Science, Rolla, MO
[2020] “Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: From Human Perception to Computational Problems”, University of Missouri, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO
[2020] “Machine Learning in the Wild: The Case of User-Centered Learning in Cyber Physical Systems”, IEEE/ACM International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India
[2019] “Social-Behavioral Modeling and Optimization of Residential Energy Management Systems”, Marquette University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
[2018] “Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Cyber-Physical Systems” Panel Member, NSF CPS PI meeting, Alexandria, VA
[2018] “Social-behavioral aware Design and Optimization of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems” University of Kentucky, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lexington, KY
[2018] “Social-behavioral aware Design and Optimization of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems” Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
[2018] “Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Energy Consumption in Smart Homes” St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
[2017] “Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Cyber Physical Systems” University of Louisville - Informs., Louisville, KY
[2017] “Social-Behavioral Aware Optimization of Cyber Physical Systems” Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
Teaching activity
Spring 2023, CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level
Spring 2022 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level
Fall 2021 CS-316 Web Programming, Undergraduate level
Spring 2021, CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level
Fall 2020 CS-686 Complex networks, Graduate level
Spring 2020 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level
Fall 2019 CS-686 Complex networks, Graduate level
Spring 2019 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level
Fall 2018 CS-686 Complex networks, Graduate level
Spring 2018 CS-371 Intro. to Computer Networks, Undergraduate level
Fall 2017 CS-685 Cognitive Computing, Graduate level
Spring 2017 CS-2500 Algorithms, Undergraduate level
Spring 2016 CS-6001 Complex networked systems, Graduate level
Fall 2015 CS-2500 Algorithms, Undergraduate level
Spring 2015 CS-6001 Complex networked systems, Graduate level
Fall 2014 CS-2500 Algorithms, Undergraduate level
Advised Students
Graduated students
Enrico Casella Ph.D. Graduated Spring 2023
Thesis title :“Machine-Learning-Powered Cyber-Physical Systems”
Ashtuoth Timilsina Ph.D. Graduated Spring 2023
Thesis title :“Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Smart Residential Environments with User Behavioral Modeling”
Seifalla Moustafa M.S. Graduated Spring 2020
Report title :“Development of a simulator for a residential energy sharing market”
Vijay Shah Ph.D. Graduated Summer 2019
Thesis title :“ A Diverse Band-aware Dynamic Spectrum Access Architecture for Connectivity in Rural Communities”
Joedocei Hill M.S. Graduated Spring 2018
Report title :“Realistic Models For Characterizing The Performance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”
Ruoxi Zhang M.S. Graduated Spring 2018
Thesis title :“A Network Tomography Approach for Traffic Monitoring in Smart Cities”
Maria Angelin M.S. Graduated Summer 2017
Thesis title :“Multi Stage Recovery from Large Scale Failures in Interdependent Networks”
Visiting students
Spring 2023
Christian Cumini
Visiting M.S. Student, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Spring 2023
Stefano Bassino
Visiting M.S. Student, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Fall 2018
Vincenzo Agate
Visiting Ph.D. Student, University of Palermo, Italy
Spring 2017
Enrico Casella
Visiting M.S. Student, University of Palermo, Italy
Fall 2016
Valeria Dolce
Visiting M.S. Student, University of Palermo, Italy
Spring 2016
Riccardo Musmeci
Visiting M.S. Student, University of Palermo, Italy
Spring 2015
Stefano Ciavarella
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Sapienza University, Italy
Spring 2015
Agostino Sturaro
Visiting M.S. Student, Padua University, Italy
Professional activities
Society Affiliations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Lifetime Member
Proposal review
National Science Foundation panelist National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Russian government program attracting leading scientists to Russian universities
Conference organization
2025 Demo Co-Chairs of IEEE PerCom
2025 Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair ACM ICDCN
2024 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair NSF CPS PI Meeting
2024 Workshop Co-Chair of the conference IEEE LCN
2024 Protocols & Emerging Technologies track co-chair IEEE MASS
2023 Work in Progress Co-Chair of the conference IEEE PerCom
2023 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair of the conference IEEE DCOSS
2022 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair NSF CPS PI Meeting
2022 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair of the conference IEEE SECON
2022 General Co-Chair of the conference IEEE ICNP
2022 Technical Program Committee (TCP) Co-Chair of the conference IEEE SMARTCOMP
2022 Workshop Co-Chair of the conference IEEE DCOSS
2022 Program Co-Chair of the workshop ACM Emertes
2021 Short Papers, Posters & Demos Co-Chair of the conference IEEE WiMob
2020 Program Committee NSF CPS PI Meeting
2021 Work in Progress and Demo Co-Chair of the conference IEEE SMARTCOMP
2020 Short Papers, Posters & Demos Co-Chair of the conference IEEE WiMob
2020 Finance Chair of the conference IEEE SECON
2020 Program Co-Chair of the workshop ACM Emertes
2019 Finance Chair of the conference IEEE SECON
2019 Poster Co-Chair of the conference IEEE DCOSS
2019 Publicity Chair of the conference ACM MobiHoc
2019 Program Co-Chair of the workshop ACM Emertes
2016 Program Co-Chair of the IEEE PerCom workshop IQ2S
2009 Publicity Chair of the conference ICST QShine
2009 Publicity Chair of the conference ICST AAA-IDEA
Editorial Boards
2024 - now Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE) 2023 - now Editorial Board of Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET)
2022 - now Editorial Board of Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks (ADHOC)
2018 - now Editorial Board of Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC)
Technical Program Committees (TPC) - partial list
IFIP Networking 2024
ACM WWW 2024
IEEE INFOCOM 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016
IEEE PerCom 2025, 2024
IEEE ICDCS 2025, 2024, 2022
IEEE DCOSS 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021
IEEE MASS 2023, 2022
ACM EWSN 2023,2022
IEEE ICDCN 2022
IEEE/ACM COMSNETS 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
IEEE CCNC 2023, 2022, 2021
IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
IEEE ICC 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012
IEEE 5G World Forum 2020, 2019, 2018
IEEE LCN 2023,2022, 2021, 2017, 2016, 2015
IEEE BigData 2020
IEEE PIMRC 2020
IEEE SMARTCOMP 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014
IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2024,2023,2022, 2021, 2020
IEEE ICDCS - PhD symp. 2020
IEEE REFRESH 2020
IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2022, 2020
IEEE 5G World Forum 2019
IEEE WCNC 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019
IEEE NetSoft 2024, 2020, 2019
IEEE WoWMOM 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018
IEEE VTC 2019, 2018
IEEE MILCOM 2017, 2016
IFIP Wireless Days 2018, 2017, 2016
IEEE SECON 2023, 2016
EAI S-Cube 2017,2016, 2015
IEEE ICCCN 2019,2015
IEEE ICNP 2015, 2014
IEEE ICNC 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012
MobiSPC 2016, 2015
IEEE WiSARN 2018, 2017, 2014
SENSORCOMM 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
ICNS 2013, 2012
Department and University service
2022 - now Director of Graduate Studies - University of Kentucky, Computer Engineering 2022 - now Member of the Executive Committee - University of Kentucky, Computer Science
2022 - now Member of the Engineering Research Team - University of Kentucky, College of Engineering 2021 - now Director of Graduate Studies - University of Kentucky, Computer Science
2020 - 2021 Member of the Recruiting Team - University of Kentucky, College of Engineering
2018 - 2021 Chair of the Media & Outreach Committee - University of Kentucky, Computer Science 2017 Faculty Search Committee - University of Kentucky, Electrical and Computer Engineering 2017 - 2018 Media& Outreach Committee - University of Kentucky, Computer Science<
2016 Undergraduate Committee - Missouri S&T, Computer Science 2015 - 2016 Colloquia Coordinator - Missouri S&T, Computer Science
2015 - 2016 Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee - Missouri S&T, Computer Science 2015 Faculty Search Committee - Missouri S&T, Computer Science